The Rose That Grew from Concrete

The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Compilation album (Poetry Album) by 2Pac
Released	October 17, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Poetry
Length	70:46
Label	Amaru/Interscope
2Pac chronology
Still I Rise (1999) The Rose That Grew from Concrete (2000) Until the End of Time (2001)

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The Rose That Grew from Concrete is an album based on the poetry of Tupac Shakur, released in 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album.

Track listing

1. "Tupac Interlude" – 0:57
2. "Wake Me When I'm Free" (featuring Babatunde Olatunji) – 5:52
3. "Can U C the Pride in the Panther (Male Version)" (featuring Mos Def) – 2:57
4. "When Ure Heart Turns Cold" (featuring Sonia Sanchez) – 1:38
5. "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" (featuring Dead Prez) – 3:04
6. "Tears of a Teenage Mother" (featuring Jasmine Guy) – 0:39
7. "God" (Featuring Reverend Run) – 0:47
8. "And Still I Love You" (featuring Red Rat) – 3:03
9. "Can U C the Pride in the Panther (Female Version)" (featuring Mos Def) – 4:54
10. "If There Be Pain" (featuring Providence & RasDaveed El Harar) – 4:32
11. "A River That Flows Forever" (featuring Danny Glover, Afeni Shakur and The Cast of The Lion King) - 2:20
12. "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" (featuring Nikki Giovanni) - 2:35
13. "In The Event of My Demise" (featuring The Outlawz and geronimo ji Jaga) - 4:41
14. "What of a Love Unspoken" (featuring Tre) - 3:16
15. "Sometimes I Cry" (featuring Dan Rockett) - 3:10
16. "The Fear in the Heart of Man" (featuring Q-Tip) - 4:16
17. "Starry Night" (featuring Quincy Jones, Mac Mall & Rashida Jones) - 4:33
18. "What of Fame?" (featuring Russell Simmons) - 0:21
19. "Only 4 the Righteous" (featuring Rha Goddess) - 2:29
20. "Why Must You Be Unfaithful" (featuring Sarah Jones) - 1:12
21. "Wife 4 Life" (featuring 4th Avenue Jones and K-Ci) - 4:06
22. "Lady Liberty Needs Glasses" (featuring Malcolm Jamal Warner) - 2:23
23. "Family Tree" (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson and The IMPACT Repertory Theatre) - 3:21
24. "Thug Blues" (featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan and The IMPACT Repertory Theatre) - 4:46
25. "The Sun and the Moon" (featuring Chief Okena Littlehawk) - 1:56

Chart history

Album

Chart Positions	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	89
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	28

Personnel

• Jamal Joseph;- Producer
• Tevin Thomas;- Co-Producer, Keyboards on "God", " Only 4 the Righteous"
• Mike Mingioni — Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Bass, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
• Molly Monjauze — Executive Producer
• Herbert Leonard — Percussion
• Gloria Cox — Executive Producer
• Russell Simmons — Performer
• Atiba Wilson — Flute
• Mos Def - Performer
• Tim Izo Orindgreff — Flute
• Dead Prez - Performer
• Royal Bayyan — Keyboards
• Jasmine Guy - Performer
• Sonia Sanchez — Liner Notes
• QD3 - Performer
• Brian Gardner — Mastering
• Danny Glover - Performer
• Taavi Mote — Mixing
• Red Rat — Producer
• Skip Saylor — Mixing
• TuPac — Vocals
• Chris Puram — Mixing
• Nefertiti — Vocals (Background)
• Claudio Cueni — Mixing
• Val Young — Vocals (Background)
• Atiba Wilson — Percussion
• Tom Whalley — A&R
• Sikiru Adepoju — Performer
• Juan Ramirez — Assistant Engineer
• Sarah Jones — Performer
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Bass
• Jeffery Newbury — Photography
• Claudio Cueni — Engineer
• Voza Rivers — Producer
• Brian Springer — Engineer
• Royal Bayyan — Producer
• Thomas R. Yezzi — Engineer
• Khalis Bayyan — Saxophone
• Tyson Leeper — Engineer
• Charles Mack — Vocals (Background)
• Duncan Aldrich — Engineer
• Nikki Giovanni — Vocals
• Noelle Scaggs — Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain"
• Q-Tip — Performer
• Tre Hardson — Performer
• Erik Rico - Producer